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Europchess 1 moves up to the second Division! With a convincing 5.5-0.5 against the closest rival MSV 1, Europchess crowned a strong year. Before the closing round 11, it is already certain that we move up to Division 2! With a good 2-2 against the leader of Division 4 D, Leuven 3, Europchess 2 keeps a slim chance not to be relegated. Europchess 3 beat CREC 5 with 3-1, thereby safeguarding a comfortable middleground...

Europchess 1 beats strong rival and takes the lead In the last round before Christmas, all our three teams had very strong opponents. While Europchess 3 were narrowly defeated 1.5-2.5 against Fontaine l’Eveque 4 and Europchess 2 lost 1-3 in Ghent 8, Europchess 1 was able to beat Ghent 5, taking the lead in Division 3 D. Playing in the nice clubhouse of Ghent, Europchess 1 faced their fifth team with an ELO average...

Triple victory for Europchess in Round 3! In round 3 of 7 November 2010, all the three teams of Europchess showed convincing play at home and scored all match points! In their first performance for the team in this season Klaus Bolding, Matija Suskovic and Sergio Serrano Samper all won their games! Moreover, newcomer Luis Busquets Perez contributed a hard-fought draw for the first team in perfect team spirit. Europchess 1 played against Landegem...

Round 2: Mixed results in golden October On a lovely October Sunday, Europchess scored reasonably well. While Europchess 1 defended the lead in Division 3 D with a 4-2 victory, Europchess 2 suffered defeat with a bit of bad luck (1,5-2,5). Europchess 3 drew against a stronger team, keeping good chances in the first third of Division 4 G. In Mons, Europchess 1 played for a win from the beginning. Jozsef Barta played black...

V for Victory! All three Europchess teams have won in the final round! Tom had White, and his opponent played the Albin Counter-gambit (1 d4 d5 2 c4 e5 !?). As compensation for his pawn, Black gained a strong knight on d4. On move 14 Black made the strange decision to retreat this knight, instead of supporting it further by castling queen-side. After this mistake, Black’s compensation for the pawn disappeared. Soon after, he...

Europchess in the pole position before the final round In Division 4 C, Europchess 1 met CREB 2 which was identified as our main contender at the beginning of the season. However, given the advance in match points secured over the previous rounds, the present match was not decisive for the title anymore. Nevertheless, Europchess lined up a strong team of Tom Wiley, Frank Hoffmeister, Jenő Czuczai and Serge Le Gal. In the first...

The first game to finish was Milan Pein against Marcel Van Cauwenberge (1612). In a Bogo-Indian / Catalan mix Black played precise moves (…Bb4+ after which White plays Bd2 and Be7 retreat is the best Black can do) and White was not able to achive any advantage. On move 18 just before a mass exchange of pieces Black offered a draw which looked a reasonable conclusion of the game. 0.5 – 0.5 Mattias on...

Europchess 1 Europchess 1 played in Zottegem 2 a hardly fought match. On board 4, Vladymyr Dedobbeleer achieved an opening advantage with White against a Dutch formation. Rather than taking Black’s weakened f5-pawn, he went for a tactical assault on the queenside. Black was, however, able to equalise and got back into the game after the exchange of queens. After further simplifications Vladymyr offered a draw before the time control, which his opponent accepted...

Playing home against the three teams of Epicure, Europchess was able to bring home four important match points. On board one of Europchess 1, we had the pleasure to welcome back Timothy Binham from Finland. In a closed Sicilian, he gained an important space advantage with White against Eric van Hauthem who did not dare castling. Tim increased the pressure with active piece play and finally clinched the full point in the 3rd hour...

The new year has started with another successful round for our club. Europchess 1 and 3 won their matches (3-1 and 4-0 respectively) while Europchess 2 made a 2-2 draw. Europchess 1 travelled to play Waregem 2. Despite heavy snow the previous day, the journey presented no problems. The first hour’s play produced a worrying moment for Europchess. Jozsef, playing Black, played a temporary knight sacrifice that seemed, after a series of exchanges, to...